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HOW WOULDSOCIAL MEDIA BE
TOXIC TO MENTALHEALTH
Why is it important for us in the digital age?
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...and it's already hard to imagine thisworld without social media,as it swept the world and revolutionizedour way to interact with other people.
WE ARE INA DIGITAL ERA
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We are connected in a way we have alwaysimagined: the instantaneous and interactive sharingof information created and controlled by everyone.
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90% & 77%Today, ninety percent of young adults and seventy-seven percent of those ages 30-69 are using socialmedia. (8)
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Some people canindulgerecreat ional lywithoutconsequences ,
while others maydevelop unhealthydependencies onsocial media , andaffect their
mental health&well-being.
Those students who spent more than 2 hours a dayonline using social media reported a far higher level ofpoor, self-rated mental health. (2)
A S T U D Y O F 7 1 5 O T T W A S T U D E N T S W H OU S E S O C I A L M E D I A A N D T H E I R S E L F -R E P O R T E D M E N T A L H E A L T H s h o w s
Although theresearcher admits thatthis points to acorrelat ion , but notcausat ion , betweenpoor adolescent mentalhealth and socia lmedia ,
there is study showsFacebook canmake us unhappy. (3)
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Ethan KrossUniversity of Michigan psychologist
The more people used Facebook in the timebetween the two texts, the less happy they felt—and the more their overall satisfactiondeclined from the beginning of the study untilits end. (3)
This aligns with other research thatsuggested ATTENTION is what causes usto feel bored and, as a result, unhappy. (3)
CAUS E ?
D I S C O N T E N T E D
The greater the number of things
we have pulling at our attention,
the less we are able to meaningfully
engage, and the more
we become. (6)
Unfortunately, consistent attention is not a given anymore, says theresearchers after he surveyed 2,000 participants inCanada and studied the brain activity of 112 othersusing electroencephalograms. (7)
THE RESULTS SHOWSHUMANS NOW HAVE
SHORTER ATTENTION SPANTHAN GOLDFISH ,
THANKS TO SMARTPHONES . (7 )
9SECONDS
8SECONDS
IN CANADA,
The research found that more
digitally savvy consumers have high
bursts of intense attention at the
beginning of a task, but that
attention falls over time. (4)
SOCIALCOMPARING
is also making people upset when
using social media.
Aparts from relation to attentions,
51%of social media user felt a decline inconfidence and self-esteem due tounfair comparison to others. (8)
Without thinking about it, you startcomparing your life to theirs;
Facebook just became thisunintentional pit of despair and self-loathing, and the deeper I went in,the worse I felt coming out. (1)
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It may has something to do withMedia symbiosis.
WHY ARE WE SOVULNERABLE ONSOCIAL MEDIA?
individuals need media fornews/information/entertainment/diversion, while media industriesneed audiences they can sellproducts to, and/or deliver toadvertisers. (5)
Media Symbiosis
On social media,we the user are
content producerand consumer at thesame time publicly,
placing larger socialstress and bigger
potential to beattacked.
unhealthy stalking
lack of privacy
distracting over-engagement
FOMO
jealousy attacks
cyberbullying
health problem
and much more... (1)
Potentials that link to the issue
IN THIS INTENSE DIGITAL AGE, BEAWARE OF WHAT SOCIAL MEDIA MIGHT DOES TO YOU.
MAY THE DIGITAL LITERACY BE WITYOU.
Works Cited
1. Dunham, J. & Smith, J. (2016). why generation z are deleting their social media accounts andgoing offline | read | iD. iD. Retrieved 23 October 2016, from https://id.vice.com/en_gb/article/whygenerationzaredeletingtheirsocialmediaaccountsandgoingoffline
2. Elizabeth, P. (2016). Teens' poor mental health linked to social media use. The Ottawa Citizen.Retrieved 23 October 2016, fromhttp://search.proquest.com.proxy.queensu.ca/docview/1702249271?accountid=6180
3. Konnikova, M. (2016). HOW FACEBOOK MAKES US UNHAPPY.Newyorker.com.proxy.queensu.ca. Retrieved 23 October 2016, fromhttp://www.newyorker.com.proxy.queensu.ca/tech/elements/howfacebookmakesusunhappy
4. KRASHINSKY, S. (2016). Advertisers cash in on attention spans of digitally savvy Canadians.Theglobeandmail.com.proxy.queensu.ca. Retrieved 23 October 2016, fromhttp://www.theglobeandmail.com.proxy.queensu.ca/reportonbusiness/industrynews/marketing/microsoftstudylooksatattentionspanofdigitallysavvycanadians/article24359527/
5. Matrix, S. (2016). Module 01: Media Convergence. Presentation.
6. Susie East, f. (2016). How does social media affect your brain. CNN. Retrieved 23October 2016, from http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/12/health/socialmediabrain/
7. Watson, L. (2015). Humans have shorter attention span than goldfish, thanks tosmartphones. The Telegraph. Retrieved 23 October 2016, fromhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/03/12/humanshaveshorterattentionspanthangoldfishthankstosmart/
8. You Should Be Aware Of These 10 Effects Of Social Media On You. (2016).Lifehack.org. Retrieved 23 October 2016, fromhttp://www.lifehack.org/articles/technology/youshouldawarethese10effectssocialmediayou.html